From there, Cudi was put on the ‘artists to watch list’ in major music magazines including Rolling Stone, Vibe, and BBC News. In 2009 Cudi, released his first album named Man on the Moon: The End of Day (Kid Cudi biography). The album sold 104,419 copies in the first week topping the charts at #4. The album featured Kid Cudi’s lead single, Day ‘N’ Nite, which brought his biggest commercial success so far in his career (Birchmeier). His second album, the sequel, was released the next year.
[4]Drake's EP, So Far Gone (2009), spawned the hit single "Best I Ever Had" and the moderate hit "Successful". His first studio album, Thank Me Later (2010), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200[5] and generated notable singles, "Over" and "Find Your Love". It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His second album, Take Care
Although the beats chosen for the project was suitable for the occasion when being a genuine Rick Ross admirer you tend to appreciate what sounds he loves to utilize and producers he shops with to fulfill his needs. God Forgives, I don’t will remain a great part of pop culture for a number of reasons. Initially Rick Ross is signed to Universal Music Group the worlds leading in music content. Also, 3 Kings Ft Dr. Dre and Jay Z a track from God Forgives, I don’t album will go down in hip-hop history. The latest album God
After that, he signed with Def Jam and released his next album, "In My Lifetime, Volume 1." This album had much to do with Jay-Z's life in his earlier years. It won platinum status. A year later, he released "Volume 2, Hard Knock Life," which has sold over five million copies and is five times platinum. With continued success, Jay-Z's net worth is expected to reach $1 billion or more within his lifetime.
This allowed young people to see a world not as readily available before and in today’s contemporary society with new music genre’s increasing; there has also been an increasing demand for music videos to accompany it. In this essay I will be analysing music videos in one of music’s two most popular genres – Hip Hop and Rock. These two genres differ and this translates not only musically but visually. I am to investigate whether these two genres fit the stereotypical criteria of the media, or whether they have been portrayed in the wrong way -hypothesis the stereotypical view (elaborate) -i have used both primary and secondary research in order to carry out this investigation -focus group (use quotes) - Hip hop music videos have always been a controversial topic amongst audiences as it is a genre that is known to exaggerate and encourage a patriarchal way of living which many female audiences would be opposed to. This mainly consists of wealth, power and beautiful women which are the goals of most youth in today’s contemporary society – in other words: The American dream.
Every culture uses music to express their beliefs or feelings. From the early days of slavery, to recent pop culture, hip hop, rock, jazz or techno, music has shaped Americans into what we are today. Music not only gives artists an avenue to express their beliefs, it also gives the listener the feeling that there are people in the world that has the same feelings that they have. Not all music has a meaning or a message. Some music is just that, music; beats of a drum, strums of a guitar, electronic collaborations to make a melody, with no real message.
Dropping out of school at the age of fourteen, he entered the rap world at a very young age and was quickly introduced to some of the most legendary icons from all around the world. He has put out some of the most famous albums of all time, as well as songs that will be listened to constantly until the day rap dies. Shortly after dropping out of the seventh grade, he released his first album Tha Block is Hot, going double platinum and reaching a spot of number three on billboard album charts (Star Pulse). In 2004, he released the first album of the ever-famous Tha Carter trilogy. Tha Carter trilogy has become easily the most controversial set of albums ever to be released by any rapper.
As a teenager Shakur attend Baltimore School for the Art, where he took acting, dance and include ballet classes. Living in Baltimore is where Tupac discovered rap music and began performing. In 1991 Tupac became a solo artists and came out with song “Brenda got a baby” and “I get around”, which blew up on the charts. Tupac was quickly becoming the most popular rapper in the west coast. He even starred in multiply movies roles, such as Poetic Justice and Above the
Some of Woody Allen’s other achievements as a director is he has won the BAFTA award six different times. In case you don’t know the BAFTA is like Britain’s Oscars, so it’s a pretty prestigious award. Woody has won seventy-eight awards overall including the BAFTA and Oscars. (Woody Allen IMDB) As I said before the film director is the most important person in movies. The film director can decide amongst many different types of shots to choose.
In September 1977, their first self-titled album is released and the debut single "Hold The Line" rapidly climbs the charts. With two more hit singles, "I'll Supply The Love" and "Georgy Porgy", TOTO's debut album sets new standards in pop/rock music at that time and earns them a Grammy nomination in 1978 as "Best New Artist". In 1979, TOTO releases their second album Hydra. It features one of their biggest hits, "99", a song inspired by the George Lucas movie THX- 1138 about a society where people had numbers instead of names. The video for "99" looks exactly like a scene from the movie, an all-white room with the band members all dressed in white.